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Endangered Species in the Great Lakes Region What's New | General Resources | Events | Laws Species Listings | Related Resources 
What's New Great Lakes wolves returning to endangered list Star Tribune (6/29) The federal government agreed to put gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region back on the endangered species list — at least temporarily. Bald eagle sightings soaring Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/25) Bald eagles are nesting at six confirmed locations in southeastern Wisconsin - compared with only two as recently as 2007 - and a steadily increasing number of people are calling state Department of Natural Resources offices to report eagles flying over their communities. Wisconsin DNR considers wolf-hunting season to control population Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (6/23) The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is considering a hunting and trapping season to control the burgeoning gray wolf population, but officials said a season wouldn't start for at least five years. Power-line corridors get the once-over for effect on at-risk species The Sault Star (6/20) As part of an effort to reduce the effect power line corridors have on wildlife threatened with disappearing from Ontario's forests, a team of students and scientists will trek down area power line corridors this summer in search of species at risk. COMMENTARY: In grand scheme, every warbler's chip-chip counts for something Detroit Free Press (6/12) Even in retirement, Mike DeCapita hears the siren song of the Kirtland's warbler. So for a second year this week, he was standing as a volunteer amid jack pine near Mio listening for male birds, and I went with him. Eels edging toward extinction in Lake Ontario Newsday (6/6) The American eel has for millennia swam thousands of miles of ocean to reach Lake Ontario, where it matures and then swims back to its ocean birthplace to spawn and die. But after 125 million years, the eel is vanishing from the St. Lawrence River-Lake Ontario system.
General Resources EE-Link: Endangered Species University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment Provides links to many additional endangered species sites, state and international lists, and has a special focus on education, including curricula. Endangered Species Program U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Protecting endangered and threatened species and restoring them to a secure status in the wild is the primary objective of the endangered species program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior. Great Lakes Declining Amphibians Working Group IUCN/SSC Declining Amphibian Populations Task Force Devoted to investigating the worldwide decline in amphibian populations. Includes a list of Midwest State Resources. Keep the Wild Alive National Wildlife Federation (NWF) The NWF's Keep the Wild Alive™ campaign is an education, advocacy, outreach, and on-the-ground conservation project designed to raise awareness of and improve conditions for endangered species. The Raptor Center University of Minnesota The center's mission is "to preserve biological diversity among raptors and other avain species through medical treatment, scientific investigation, education, and management of wild populations." Timber Wolf Alliance Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute TWA's mission is to promote and assist in achieving a sustainable population of timber wolves in the Great Lakes region, with emphasis on the Lake Superior basin.
Events Kirtland's Warbler Festival Celebrate the gradual return of the endangered Kirtland's Warbler and its home in the Jack Pine and AuSable River ecosystem. Kirtland Community College, named for the rare bird, is the host site for the festival, eight miles north of St. Helen, Mich. Kirtland's Warbler Tours Guided tours to Kirtland's warbler nesting areas (from May-June) will depart from the U.S. Forest Service Office in Mio, Mich., and from the Holiday Inn in Grayling, Mich.
Laws Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Endangered Species Act of 1973 Federal Register Notices related to Endangered Species U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Policy on Endangered Species University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Species America's Mussels: Silent Sentinels U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Region 3 Half of the mussel species in the Midwest are endangered; find out why mussels are important, why they are endangered, and what you can do to help. Great Lakes Endangered Species U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region Includes Listings by County/Species or by State. Keep the Wild Alive National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Spotlights a different endangered species each month, and also gives detailed information on many other endangered species, including migration routes and lifecycles. Kirtland's Warbler Page Information concerning Kirtland's Warbler, including census results and photographs.
Related Resources GLIN: Biodiversity in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Habitats of the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Land Use in the Great Lakes Region
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